BUSINESS DICTIONARY

Check out this excellent dictionary that provides definitions and articles about all aspects of the topic we are dealing with now: economy, banking, finance, politics, etc.

                            Click HERE to go to the dictionary 

LIVING IN SPAIN - IS THE CRISIS OVER?

In this video an Englishman who lives in Spain talks about the housing bubble that has had such a large impact in the Spanish economy and whether the construction and and real estate sectors have finally recovered.





 

BANKING AND ECONOMY

Click here to see the power point presentation Sarah used in class.

Click here to see the doc with the useful vocabulary for different banking situations, connected with the role-plays we did in class.

CURRENT NEWS: PANAMA PAPERS

In connection with the topic CRIME AND LAW,  please read this article about the just disclosed Panama papers.

Click here to read it in the original El Pais English Edition website.

Click here to read the class document. Try to work out the meaning of the highlighted words.

BANKING AND MONEY



Here you have some vocabulary related to banking and recession and the presentation Mar did for you.

Here's a short reading compehension test on the same topic.

5 TOP FEARS AND WORRIES OF SPANISH CITIZENS

What worries you most about the current problems in Spain?
Here you have a ppt. presentation on the topic.

Here's another presentation: POLITICAL PROBLEMS 

OVER THIRTY FORMS OF MONEY

Thirty forms of money blog version from englishbites

If you want to download the document, click here

SUSTAINABLE BANKING

THE GREAT HOUSING DEBATE: BUYING VS. RENTING

Click here to watch a video from Fox News where the issue is debated with an expert.

Spain home evictions draw protests

20% of houses in Spain sit empty

12-YEAR-OLD CHILD EXPLAINS BANKING CRISIS

This video link was submitted to me by Manuel Aroca. This is what he wrote about it:

Victoria Grant's video has become an overnight internet sensation and, it will let you flabbergasted. The young girl explains - in plain English - how "we are being cheated and robbed by the banking system and a government complicit". Awesome!!

How to explain the Eurozone crisis to children

Thanks to Ana for sharing this with everybody. Read it, it's good! Click here.

UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

Here's two videos that will help you with the topic at hand: the economic and financial crisis. 

The first video is a great guide through the basic notions and terms that underlie the crisis. The second is an interview with the Economics Nobel Prize Paul Krugman. He is asked whether today's crisis resembles the Great Depression of 1929.